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Ease my fears
lettowvorbeck replied to Wodin's topic in Strategic Command - World War 1: The Great War 1914-1918
hopefully, we'll get 1.04 before christmas. -
transports
lettowvorbeck replied to GetSome's topic in Strategic Command - World War 1: The Great War 1914-1918
I've always thought the Call to Arms scenario should begin with the UK Amphibious research level 1 or 2 (at least one and the single research chit) to represent their advantage in shipping over the CP. -
Ease my fears
lettowvorbeck replied to Wodin's topic in Strategic Command - World War 1: The Great War 1914-1918
Wodin, I, too, preferred the time when the board only talked about WW1, but I don't think the developer attention has swung inordinately toward WW2 [in might be different for board members but we just have to realize the vast difference in audience size between the two wars]. For me, the game system models WW1 better than WW2 and I like how it accommodates both the quick moving and static aspects of the Great War. I've always thought WW1 in Europe and Near East was overall a much more interesting and balanced strategic scenario than WW2 and I think the game gets it right for the most part. Like, Wormwood I don't think it is perfect nor do I think it compromised by the expansion. -
Interesting discussion. Do any of you guys go immediately at the German North Sea ports and just hammer them right at the beginning, when uboats are few? For some reason, I didn't even think of this in my one pbem game, while at the same time my German opponent was busy smashing the entire Russian navy in their ports in 1914.
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I suggested a long time ago that hvy artillery have a % chance to cause a step reduction in fortification/entrenchment value instead of an automatic 1 plus the morale loss. So, may Lvl 1 HA has a 33% chance to reduce the fortification a single step and Lvl 2 HA moves this up to %50. I would like the morale loss to be % chance based instead of automatic as well. As it is now, taking a tile is basically automatic with HA ammo equal to or near the fort/trench level of the defender. By the time it is reduced to zero, the morale of the defender is so low it just melts away under a couple attack.
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Diplomacy
lettowvorbeck replied to Rabelesius's topic in Strategic Command - World War 1: The Great War 1914-1918
Rabelesius, Do a search of the boards as well, referencing Switzerland. I initiated the thread and had all my questions about diplomacy that I felt were unclear from the manual answered in it. -
I am not seeing a slower tech advance or more time between levels with the new tech system. In my game vs. the AI, A-H is already at industrial level two at the conclusion of the last Sept 1914 turn. I know this is just one example, but I was hoping the new system would keep this kind of rapid pace down. On the other hand, perhaps I am misconstruing the primary issues handled by the new tech system. On the surface it looks like the the most important concern addressed by the new tech system is overlong periods of no advance in the face of very heavy investment. Perhaps the pacing, while determined by a new system, is largely the same.